We made a HUGE decision last fall, we decided we were finally ready to buy our own house, so we began the house searching. We found "our house" during the Christmas holidays (great timing, yeah I know!) and made an offer. We took possession of the house mid-February with a moving date scheduled for the end of February (that should be plenty of time to pack, clean and paint...right???)
Then things got interesting! My son was playing in a broomball tournament the weekend before we got the keys, so packing and such got put on hold. My parents and mother-in-law came up, and my parents stayed with my daughter and my mother-in-law came to the tournament with us. This was great timing, as our real estate agent was able to set up a quick visit of the house so everyone got to see the house. The tournament went well and my son came home with a provincial championship under his belt.
The day that we were supposed to pick up the keys at the lawyers office, we got 50 cm of snow dumped on us!!! So the first day at the new house we had to dig our way to the front door after of course we had dug our way out of the rental house! My husband caught a horrible flu that everyone seemed to have caught at the broomball tournament, and his boss was away on holidays, so he was barely managing to work all day, never mind help me to pack and clean and paint! Thank goodness for my friend who came over and helped me clean all of the carpets and clean up the kitchen, I don't know how I would have gotten it all done with out her help. I managed to paint all of the rooms, except the storage rooms (I still don't know how I found the energy!) and pack as much as I could in the evenings.
My parents came up to help us finish packing and move. We rented a U-Haul and moved ourselves...note to self....NEVER AGAIN...hire someone!!!
It wasn't exactly all fun and games, but was it worth it...heck ya!!! We love our new home!
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